365 Free Motion Quilting Designs
365 Free Motion Quilting Designs book cover

365 Free Motion Quilting Designs

Paperback – August 7, 2016

Price
$36.95
Format
Paperback
Pages
252
Publisher
C&T Publishing
Publication Date
ISBN-13
978-1617455322
Dimensions
8.68 x 0.78 x 10.9 inches
Weight
2.31 pounds

Description

This really is an amazing book, now in its second edition. Leah set out to blog about creating a new free-motion quilting pattern every day and this is the result. It includes great designs for blocks, sashing and borders. Tips for getting on track with your quilting. Continuous line quilting and fabulous designs will ensure you will have a handy repertoire at your fingertips and your quilting will never be dull. There is an introduction with some answers to frequently asked questions. There is also an index at the back and room for your own notes. Each stitch design is shown with good photos, you can trace the design or you can visit Leah's website for video tutorials. This is not a how-to book, but it is an excellent resource for confident free-motion quilters. Advanced quilters will quickly adapt the designs too., yarnsandfabrics.co.uk, 8/21/16 This book is an incredible resource of quilting designs. Leah shares tips, designs and articles daily on her website and is a popular Craftsy instructor. In 2009, she began a new blog, setting out to create 365 new free-motion quilting designs―The Free Motion Quilting Project. As well as a drawing of each design online, there were also photos and video tutorials. This publication brings together those 365 designs in a fabulous reference book you will have for years to come. Get prepared for a visual extravaganza., Quilters Companion, No. 81 Leah Day is an online quilting teacher and creator of The Free Motion Quilting Project, a blog dedicated to sharing new quilting design videos every week. Teaching primarily online has allowed Leah to reach thousands of quilters from around the world, but still stay home with her family.Leah lives with her husband and son, along with several chickens, ducks, cats, and one lazy dog in Shelby, North Carolina. You can find Leah's latest quilting adventure at leahday.com.

Features & Highlights

  • A compilation of 365 free-motion quilting designs from the Free Motion Quilting Project blog, this new edition of a wildly popular book contains a treasury of ideas and inspiration. From blocks to sashing to borders, find hundreds of filler designs perfect for every area of your quilt. Feeling confused by free-motion quilting? Get back on track with Leah's quick tips on everything from machine settings to preparing your quilt top and backing for quilting. Challenge yourself to memorize―not mark―a new design every day for a year. Break out of your stippling rut! High-quality photos of each meticulously stitched design. Largest collection of free-motion designs ever published.

Customer Reviews

Rating Breakdown

★★★★★
60%
(205)
★★★★
25%
(86)
★★★
15%
(51)
★★
7%
(24)
-7%
(-24)

Most Helpful Reviews

✓ Verified Purchase

EXCEPTIONAL RESOURCE

I have been a blog follower of Leah Day's for quite some time, and her style of design is exceptional - clean, unpretentious, elegant and DOABLE. My practice "sandwiches" for each of the designs will become a nice fun quilt for myself. Lots of good tips and a HUGE selection of designs. HUGE.
9 people found this helpful
✓ Verified Purchase

It only has photos like the cover

This was disappointing. It only has photos like the cover, nothing on how to. Don't bother with her book.
8 people found this helpful
✓ Verified Purchase

Awesome.. now I slowly look thru the book ...

Awesome..now I slowly look thru the book and then I go online to see the video on how to do it.. Thank you Leah for such great ideas.
8 people found this helpful
✓ Verified Purchase

A great book if you are looking for designs for free ...

A great book if you are looking for designs for free motion quilting. Ms. Day also had tips and hints placed throughout the book. Overall, I found the book to be worth the money.
4 people found this helpful
✓ Verified Purchase

Yes but...

This book is a good compilation yet, to me, it has 2 flaws :
1/ I didn't realize it contained no indication on HOW to achieve the designs (must go online look at the tutorials)
2/ I wish the designs were somewhat organized : basic design together with its variations.
For example :
252 is the basic design and can be modified to make 258 and eventually 357, or grouping the flowers with a centre together : 133, 197, 208, 250, 266 to 270 (who are together), and many more...

I know from Angela Walter's books that this makes the book much easier to use.
Visually grouping helps
- memorizing the techniques and how to achieve it by undelining their logic.
- making choices as to what type of space it is better to use it in (specific shape, border or negative space).

For these reasons, only 3 stars because I have the sensation that I bought an unfinished product.
3 people found this helpful
✓ Verified Purchase

If you are hoping for instruction get a different book.

I was hoping this book had some easy to follow tradable patterns to facilitate practice. Not the case -100% photos (beautiful ones for sure) so no tracing ability. If you are an experienced free-form quilter with confidence in your drawing ability this book is great. For a newbie like myself- not so much.
3 people found this helpful
✓ Verified Purchase

Beautiful and inspirational.

Leah Day has created a beautiful book of lovely designs. There is a youtube video for every single design in this book. I have been having a wonderful time practicing so many of these designs. I've been making placemats and when I finally get to a big quilt I know I will be ready with tons of inspiration and instruction.
3 people found this helpful
✓ Verified Purchase

Great idea book

Great idea book. Wish I would have read the description more closely. There are no directional instructions on sewing the designs but it's still a great resource.
3 people found this helpful
✓ Verified Purchase

I like the filling designs and have used

I like the filling designs and have used. But would have liked some simple information like where to start and direction
1 people found this helpful
✓ Verified Purchase

The design are simple but have a interesting look that gives wonderful rhythm and movement to any of a variety of ...

This book has wonder categories and design that appeal to a vary of different tastes. The design are simple but have a interesting look that gives wonderful rhythm and movement to any of a variety of quilts that we all enjoy creating from beginners to advance.
1 people found this helpful